Friday noon

Finley has had a very good morning. The neurologist was in to check the report from the EEG and said there is no sign of more seizures. He has been more active, had his first multiple-sound sequence... a few little cries and coos, and had his eyes open for a good stretch. And the greatest news of all... he drank 20 ccs of breastmilk from a bottle all by himself. That is AWESOME! The doctors would have been thrilled if he had taken and handled a couple of ccs, so this is his first major overachievement. We are so proud of him. The doctors and nurses all rushed in in excitement when news spread that he was taking the bottle. It was a really beautiful moment. And I missed the whole thing because I was in the shower. So, that's it... in addition to the beard, I will not be taking another shower until Finley comes home (:-)). The picture of the feeding is a picture of a picture that was taken by the nurse. She had it printed for us and is going to make a little display around Finley's bed.
We also took some short video of him sucking on Robyn's breastmilk-coated finger this morning, so Daddy K's next task is to figure out how to post video to the blog. I will put every available man on it right away.
We are both on a high now... it is so great to see him taking steps forward. And we are starting to allow ourselves to unbridle the joy. It is only fair since the pain and fear never seem to be bridled at all.
Love,
The Markles